ROMANS,1 CORINTHIANS & 2 COINTHIANS

ROMANS

1:16 "of Christ" is omitted. The gospel message is of Christ and centersaround his Person and Work. This is an inexcusable attempt to leave Christout of the good news of salvation.

3:22 "and upon all" is dropped. The doctrine of imputed righteousness ismost blessed to the believer. We are clothed in his righteousness and Godsees us in Him, therefore it is "upon us."

8:1 "Who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" is dropped. Tothe truth that there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ, theWord adds the truth that they are characterized by a walk in the Spirit.It is a Bible doctrine that those who are saved are characterized by achanged life.

11:6 "But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is nomore work" is dropped. The first part of the verse shows that grace rulesout works. The second part of the verse shows that works rules out grace.It is intended for those who want to intrude works into the establishedstate of grace for good measure (or safekeeping in salvation). This is avery important doctrinal passage in its' entirety.

13:9 "thou shalt not bear false witness" is dropped. Those who wrote thecorrupt manuscripts had no trouble with the other commandments shown here.It is obvious that a smiting conscience would not permit them to includethis commandment since it directly involved what they were engaged in,bearing false witness about God's Word.

14:9 "and rose" is left out. Many heretics are willing to say that he diedand that he lives again, but that he rose (bodily out from among the dead)they reject outright. The bodily resurrection of Christ is a cardinaldoctrine of the Christian faith.

1 CORINTHIANS

2:4 "man's wisdom" is changed to "wisdom." Paul did not reject wisdom inhis teaching, he rejected MAN'S wisdom.

3:4 "are ye not carnal?" is changed to "are ye not men?" It should beobvious that they were men, but the Bible truth to be taught was that intheir divisions they were being controlled by fleshly (carnal) desires andnot spiritual desires.

5:7 "for us" is omitted. This affects the vital doctrine of thesubstitutionary atonement of Christ. If Christ did not die for our sinsthen we are still under the wrath of God and without hope.

5:12 The little word "also" is dropped. That word indicated that Paul didjudge those who were within the church. Those who were outside the churchwere for God to judge. The responsibility for believers to carry outdiscipline within the church is a Bible doctrine.

6:4 "set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church" is changed to"do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?" TheWord of God teaches that it is better to suffer wrong than to go to courtagainst another Christian before a lost world. It is better to leave thejudgment of the matter to the least Christian than to the greatest worldlyjudge. The change here completely turns around the way of God and seems torebuke the church for leaving the matter in the hands of the leastChristians.

6:20 "and in your spirit which are God's" is omitted. The body gives usworld consciousness and the spirit gives us God consciousness. We are toglorify God in our body by holy living and in our spirit by walking infellowship with God. Verses 16 and 17 talk about both.

10:9 "Christ" is changed to "Lord." In the Old Testament they temptedChrist and that rock that followed them was Christ (see verse 4). The wordLord can be used of the Father and the Son. Changing to that word hereeliminates the pre-existence of Christ.

11:24 "take eat" is omitted along with "is broken." The symbolic bread wasbroken and given to the disciples with instruction to eat it. It typifiedhis flesh which "is being broken for you" (literal Greek). Though not abone of him was broken it is true that his flesh was broken in many placesbefore he died on our behalf.

11:29 "unworthily" is dropped. The word gives the picture of a believertreating the Lord's Supper as a common meal, not reverencing the symbolicmeaning and spiritual impact it is intended to make upon his soul andspirit. To remove this word is a very great doctrinal error. When youconsider that sickness and death was the result of such unworthyparticipation, it is no light matter.

11:29 "not discerning the Lord's body" is changed to "if he does not judgethe body rightly" (NASV). When we partake of the Lord's Supper we are tosee through the elements to the Lord's body. As you think of the cost ofyour redemption there ought to be more holy living. The change bringsabsolute confusion concerning what body is meant, the Lord's or thebelievers. It is hallowed ground and the corrupters of God's Word havedared to tread upon it.

15:47 "the Lord" is left out. God is contrasting Adam and Christ. To saythat the second man is from heaven is not enough. There have been men fromheaven who were angels. Here the man from heaven is the Lord. This is anattempt to do away with the Deity of Christ.

15:49 "we shall also bear the image of the heavenly" is changed to "weshould bear the image of the heavenly." The first is a fact based upon thecertainty of our eternal salvation in Christ. The second is an exhortationbased upon the uncertainty of a salvation by works. The first is sounddoctrine, the second is unsound doctrine.

16:22 "Jesus Christ" is omitted. In a phrase with such import as to beaccursed it is unthinkable that the test should center around the generalterm "Lord." The curse of God is upon those who do not love the Lord JesusChrist. When his person and work is refused there is nothing to look forbut wrath.

2 CORINTHIANS

4:4 "unto them" is omitted. The devil does not have power to keep the lightof the gospel of Christ from shining, but he does have power to blind menlest it shine "unto them."

5:17 "all things" is left out. The believer is brought into vital unionwith Christ so that it is declared that he is in Christ. In the sight ofGod "old things" of the sinful nature are passed away. It only remains forthose old things to be unwound, like Lazarus' graveclothes, in his dailylife. In the sight of God "all things" are become new though they maketheir appearance in the life of the believer as he grows in grace andknowledge. To deny that "all things" are become new is to deny the finishedwork of Christ whereby we are made accepted in the beloved.

12:11 "in glorying" is dropped. The Corinthians had compelled Paul to talkabout his experiences with the Lord. He did not want to brag about hisspirituality. He felt that he had become foolish in boasting or glorying.The change would have Paul saying, "I have made a fool of myself." That isnot what we are to understand.